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Frank Chalmers

@fffoblomov.bsky.social
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Born on Taribelang land. Qld Australia Once a philosopher. Always a writer. My novel CONVICTION (Allen&Unwin) is Out There. Oblomov is more afraid than lazy. My agent is the wonderful Virginia Lloyd in NY. lloydliterary.com

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli was on ABC News Qld tonight complaining about backpacker worker visa changes but there was nothing on the 91 children known to child protection services who have died. #qldpol
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In Friday's Crisafulli government document dump was a Queensland Customer Services, Open Data, and Small and Family Business report. Tasked with Qld's first cyber security strategy, it suffered a cyber attack itself losing more than $800k in July 2025. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Queensland government department loses $800k in cyber attack
The review, released on Friday, said no government data or sensitive information was compromised during the incident.
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S.J.💙🩵💙🦋🦓 @glimmers2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A study in valor. Imagine testifying against the most powerful criminal on the planet?
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A hell of a career. And unlike others of his Gen, (*cough*Gottliebsen*cough*) did not become a cranky climate change denying loon as he got older.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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AliceK - globalise the innitafucker @coalisdead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Anthony Albanese in his speech at the UN mentioned Russia a few times but failed to say - anything - about Israeli leaders who we know are psychopathic genociders. Wtf is wrong with our PM.. Here’s Ben Gvir telling leader Hassan Salameh : I want to kill you. I want to execute you
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds 16 September 2025 GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NDIS cuts - unintended consequences. The reforms are shifting patients and costs to other parts of the health system. Claudia Weisenberger reports. #auspol #medicare michaelwest.com.au/ndis-reforms...
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NDIS reforms. Rejected clients form queues elsewhere - Michael West
Changes to the NDIS have unintended consequences, shifting patients and costs to other parts of the health system.
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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Had 2 FOIs rejected by the Attorney-General's Dept under the rarely used s26(2) - all docs totally exempt from FOI. The docs relate to interference by the former AG, on two seperate occasions, in the appointment process for NACC Dep Com positions. Have appealed both decisions.
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
91 Queensland children known to protection services died last financial year. The report was dropped last Friday but neither Premier David Crisafulli or Minister Ros Bates have faced the media. Police Min Dan Purdie said the LNP was doing more than Labor. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Qld opposition says premier needs to 'front up' after child deaths report
The Queensland Family and Child Commission's annual report reveals 452 children died in the last financial year, with preliminary figures showing 91 of those children were known to the child protectio...
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 27/09/2026
Now let’s resume talking about Epstein.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another cartoon
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Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Words matter. Call AI agents what they are - proprietary software. They have owners. And they’re not rogue. They’re thieves. They break in and steal. M For whom?
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The amount of bullshit produced by those suggesting AI will deliver high-value add to either our economy or even just productivity could fertilize the entire nation.
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Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How can Putin attack NATO if he can’t even defeat Ukraine? Just like trump he can order a war, easy as a takeaway, but then what? Mutiny? Death by high window?
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The racket of Pauline Hanson & James Ashby is a familiar complaint from former members. Jennifer Game used a debt recovery process to retrieve her $2k nomination deposit & a magistrate ordered ONP to pay her +$14k in electoral expenses. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
'Insidious money grab': Aspiring candidates slam One Nation processes
Former One Nation candidates reveal they’re walking away from the party after witnessing its operations behind closed doors.
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AliceK - globalise the innitafucker @coalisdead.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Honestly, I can’t read all the detail anymore. I watched a couple of the live testimonies by doctors and that was devastating enough. It’s a long piece. It’s horrible. Its history. Israel’s genocide and erasure of Palestinians isn’t stopping, now on par with the worst frontier wars in history
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trouble-prone Crisafulli government Minister Amanda Camm departed for 6 weeks leave on Aug 30. Her portfolio includes families, seniors, disability, child safety & prevention of domestic family violence. Ros Bates is acting on child safety. #qldpol youtube.com/shorts/XFBJK...
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Minister announces six weeks of extended leave
YouTube video by 7NEWS Australia
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hegseth continues to manipulate the numbers of dead and wounded in the Iran War. The tally of troops wounded during the Iran war was quietly increased by 37 without explanation from DOD. That includes 29 Navy sailors and eight Marines, according to the Pentagon’s database.
washingtonpost.com
Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran war
With the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, a Pentagon database shows.
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Laura Tingle: “But the more extraordinary line up of warnings has been coming from Europe over the past week. Last weekend, France, the Netherlands, Finland, Lithuania, and Switzerland all individually warned their citizens of increased threats from Russia.” #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
A dangerous new reality is taking hold in Europe
One after the other they lined up to speak: National leaders warning of increasing imminent danger to their countries.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"AI bots do not have a legal personality and can’t go to jail. But who is to be held responsible for their criminal acts?" @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social #auspol #openAI michaelwest.com.au/criminal-bot...
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Criminal bots. When AI goes rogue, who goes to jail? - Michael West
Artificial Intelligence bots do not have a legal personality and can’t go to jail. But who is to be held responsible for their criminal acts?
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Looking forward to it 👇
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Bad_Cyclist @badcyclist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
At least #Albo is enjoying himself 🤢🤮
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Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When will they ever learn? When will they errrrver learrrrrrn? 🎶🎺🤷🏼‍♂️ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Coalition vows to 'take a chainsaw' to climate laws, offshore wind
The Coalition has promised a major slowdown of renewables if it wins power, including scrapping most offshore renewables sites, formalising its commitment to unpick Australia's key climate policies.
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Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Can’t start mac Time Machine. No menu
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Does the Israeli-arming Friends of Israel Labour Cabinet really think Israel's 'right to defend itself' justifies this level of callousness and brutality ... "Israel Blocking Hundreds of Wheelchairs for Injured Children From Entering Gaza" www.commondreams.org/news/israel-...
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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Next time a conspiracy theorist tries to tell you what really happened, confront them with an even more outlandish theory and accuse them of trying to cover up the truth… 
Conversation between two ladies "the moon landing was faked!"
"Pfft, you believe in the moon?"
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
They've replaced doctors with an algo to determine funding for the disabled - but it's not TGA approved or validated. What could go robowrong? Claudia Weisenberger investigates. #auspol #NDIS michaelwest.com.au/i-cannot-the...
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I-CANnot. Is the computer algo replacing the clinician up to the task? - Michael West
The algorithm the government plans to use to determine disability funding has yet to be validated or approved by the TGA.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards." www.bunkhistory.org/resources/in...
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Into the Abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
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Loony Left Media 🚨#TaxTheGas + KillAUKUS @loonyleftmedia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Dear Anthony, Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. NewsCorpse will never give you a fair go. Regards LLM @albomp.bsky.social
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Albanese names Murdoch’s former top lieutenant as consul-general in New York
Anthony Albanese defended appointing former News Corp executive Siobhan McKenna to one of Australia’s most coveted diplomatic postings, insisting the appointment was made entirely on merit.
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Allison O'D @ally888.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He wants his name on everything except the consequences.
Social media post:
Devin Duke @sirDukeDevin
Why does Trump want his name to appear
on everything?
Isn't 38,000 times in the Epstein files
enough for him?
8:27 AM . 19 Sep 26
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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The emptiness of this. #AusPol
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Incredibly brave evidence this morning from women and men who have survived brutal strip searches in youth jails - a tool for social control, to humiliate and degrade - and disproportionately used against First Nations young people
THE SENATE
LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
Crimes Amendment (Prohibiting the Strip Searching of Children) Bill 2026
PUBLIC HEARING
Tuesday 22 September 2026
Committee Room 2S1
Australian Parliament House, and via videoconference, Canberra
All times are in AEST
Time Witness
9.45 am Panel associated with Sisters Inside and National Network of Incarcerated and
Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
10.55 am Panel associated with Level Up and Sisters Inside
Committee Chair: Senator Jana Stewart
Committee Secretary: Jane Thomson
PO Box 6100, Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: +61 2 6277 3560
Email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au Internet:
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#ChristianValues #Brethren #OneNation #Auspol apple.news/A4HcE8rE6Qtu...
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‘More power to redheads’: Brethren leader backs Hanson, building nuclear bombs — The Sydney Morning Herald
In a speech praising Hanson, the Exclusive Brethren leader also told his flock Australia should use its uranium to “build a few bombs”.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is the bit from Nyadol Nyuon that sent RW trolls into a raging meltdown last week, by exposing One Nation & Trump’s racist anti immigrant agenda, & calling out the selective outrage from anti immigrants, who won’t say things like “we don’t want ppl from the UK”💥 Spot on.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
‘Brethren “Elect Vessel” Bruce Hales told his flock Australia should use its uranium to “build a few bombs”, to obliterate Iran.’ These guys are not Christians, they are a death cult. #auspol www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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‘More power to redheads’: Brethren leader backs Hanson, building nuclear bombs
In a speech praising Hanson, the Exclusive Brethren leader also told his flock Australia should use its uranium to “build a few bombs”.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Israeli Attacks in Gaza Kill at Least Seven Over Three Days
Since the so-called ceasefire deal was signed in October 2025, the IDF has killed 1,393 Palestinians in Gaza including Fida’ Khader Totah, 31, shot in the head
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“There’s no avoiding the scale of our responsibility – or the cost of inaction,” says @albomp.bsky.social, the leader of a government that readily and repeatedly approves new, or extends exisiting, fossil fuel projects. 🤷‍♂️ 1/2 #duplicitous #climate #auspol
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No avoiding the cost of inaction on climate, Anthony Albanese says in New York
Before United Nations meeting, prime minister says Australians knows the impact of global heating as well as anyone
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Funny Albo is copping it from msm for $6m grant to Marrickville Golf Club which is public - doesn’t even have a fence around it - but not a word abt the $80m to private, exclusive Hakoah Club michaelwest.com.au/white-city-g...
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White City. Government slots one club $86m, the other can't get a toilet - Michael West
Funding for the Sydney Hakoah Club far exceeded its building cost, including millions from state and federal governments.
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Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I wonder if trumpyboy was told weapons etc in his haha-Arch was to be a deep secret but hey, blabbermouth couldn’t shut up.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The staggering incompetence of the Hegseth Pentagon on display. A shipment of F-35 fighter jet parts was rerouted to Hong Kong this summer — then vanished. Congress and DOD are investigating, amid the possibility that China may now have access to the highly-classified program.
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Hill investigates after F-35 parts diverted to Hong Kong
The incident raises the possibility that top secret weapons technology may have been exposed to a foreign adversary — including China.
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Jen McGowan @iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
People should be concerned if their favorite news source DIDN’T get kicked out of the White House
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Nice of them to make Australia a forward base for US war on China with nary so much as a parliamentary debate or official inquiry #whatsthescam #AUKUS #nuclear @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/marles-schtu...
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Marles schtum, but US congressman suggests Perth is going nuclear - Michael West
There is a real possibility nuclear weapons will be carried onboard US submarines to be based at HMAS Stirling.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
An acting commissioner was questioned by the Joint Standing Committee on the National Anti-Corruption Commission about the agency's track record. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nJNxDRp6pM…
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